Deep inside the reptile brain sits the pons, a hump in the brainstem an inch long. When we fall asleep, the pons initiates dreaming by sending signals through the mammal brain to the primate brain, where dreams stir to life.

Stéphane (Gael Garcia Bernal) has always escaped to his dreamworld. When he fell in love with his neighbour, Stéphanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg), he wanted to share this imagined world with her. 106 more words

The Science of Sleep – by Sarah Janes
There have been some incredible developments, discoveries and breakthroughs in our scientific understanding of how the human brain works and the neural correlates for the conscious experience, but in many ways the act of dreaming remains one of the most intriguing and elusive activities of the brain. 1,099 more words